PISCATAWAY – The sound you heard was a collective sigh of relief from Scarlet Nation.

Rutgers dodged the proverbial bullet over the weekend, after freshman quarterback Artur Sitkowski was hammered to the ground by Ohio State defensive end Nick Bosa on a pass play in the final seconds of the first half Saturday.

Head coach Chris Ash announced on Monday that Sitkowski, who left the game with a right shoulder injury, is not seriously hurt, and is being considered day-to-day.

"There are no major injuries to talk about," Ash said. "Nobody out of the game will be missing any significant time ... Some may be game-time decisions, but we did not lose anybody for any amount of time coming out of that game.

"(Sitkowski) feels great," Ash said. "Obviously Saturday didn't feel real good, but he was here this morning, feels way, way better compared to where he was on Saturday. Felt better (Sunday), felt a lot better (Monday). Right now he'll be practicing — he'll be limited for a little bit, but it really is just going to be about him dealing with the little bit of pain. But we don't anticipate him not playing next Saturday."

It’s unclear if Sitkowski will be under center during Saturday’s game at Kansas. If not, Gio Rescigno, a fifth-year senior who replaced Sitkowski at Ohio State, could make the 13th start of his career.

Rutgers offensive coordinator John McNulty indicated he needs to see Sitkowski practice this week to feel comfortable sending him out against the Jayhawks.

"I really trust the guy. I think he’s a smart guy," McNulty said. "But any time you don’t practice I think you worry about anybody. I do. Just a general rule of thumb for a guy who doesn’t practice. And I don’t know what it will be Tuesday, reps-wise, I think he’s good to go but (Ash) knows better than (I do)."

Trailing 35-0 late in the first half at Ohio Stadium, McNulty called a pair of running plays to open the possession. Then, from the Rutgers 33-yard line with 22 seconds on the clock, McNulty called a pass, with Bosa beating left tackle Tariq Cole and drilling Sitkowski from his blind side, driving him into the turf with a clean hit as Sitkowski landed on his right shoulder.

"It's like any play; any time a play doesn't work, what do you do? You second-guess it," Ash said. "The play was designed to be a quick pass to Jonathan Hilliman right over the center. We knew they were going to drop into soft coverage. You know, all we had to do was hopefully block for a couple seconds. The quarterback was going to catch and throw, and that would be it. It didn't work. When it doesn't work, you always second-guess everything."

Sitkowski, an Old Bridge native, was named the starter eight days before the season opener against Texas State, where he completed 20-of-30 for 205 yards, with one touchdown and three interceptions in a 35-7 victory. Against Ohio State, he was 6-of-18 for 36 yards and an interception when he was injured.

The Kansas (1-1) game looms as a critical one for Rutgers in its quest to return to the postseason. The Jayhawks opened the season with a loss to Nicholls State, an FCS opponent, before beating Central Michigan, 31-7, on Saturday.